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Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2016, 12:16
Replies: 1,758
Views: 2,136,341
Posted By swish266

Cazalet33 Yours is of the most valuable...

Cazalet33

Yours is of the most valuable sentences for people who understand, on this thread.
Reminds me a bit of the AF flight at CDG some time ago that barely escaped... They did a G/A w/o...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2016, 20:27
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,784,821
Posted By swish266

RT (Russia Today) FZ fatigue reports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slL2KMoM3p8

https://www.rt.com/news/336903-flydubai-pilot-fatigue-report/

This is what emi------tion and white slavery is all about.

EK, AY, QR next to come!...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2016, 13:29
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,784,821
Posted By swish266

regulator versus company FDL

I can tell for sure, that more accidents like this will follow if LCC do not introduce reduced FDLs.
Regulator limits are exactly THAT - LIMITS!
You cannot do 500 block hours in 5 months "because...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2016, 04:22
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,784,821
Posted By swish266

FDP limitations a reason for not diverting?!

If these guys would have diverted, they might have had to layover... You cannot make it back to DXB in one FDP with 3 sectors.
For sure if you are carrying enough fuel to hold for 2 hours, it means...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Jan 2016, 10:14
Replies: 18
Views: 14,906
Posted By swish266

LH to LCC/ULC

Did that.
Was expat captain on wide-body for 11 years. Took almost 50% cut to go back home to fly for Wizz Air (Wizz was and still is the only decent job where I come from).
First 3 years was ok....
Forum: Middle East
14th Dec 2015, 04:58
Replies: 10,198
Views: 6,724,397
Posted By swish266

foxtrot

Just read your e-mail with the login and password carefully and follow the link.
The site, that does the testing, provides paid access to training for said tests!
Come on!
:D
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
13th Dec 2015, 13:13
Replies: 2,033
Views: 1,655,431
Posted By swish266

No Choice

Well,
I see the point of both sides - happy and unhappy people...
But what IF Wizz is the only option in the country where you live?
If there is no choice, but to leave and become an expat?!
You...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2015, 09:32
Replies: 90
Views: 79,908
Posted By swish266

No subject

Being professional is also about looking after yourself.
Nothing wrong with the hotel employee.
Same in Singapore - someone says you spat your chewing gum on the side-walk - you will get a fine...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th May 2015, 08:42
Replies: 1,158
Views: 1,169,178
Posted By swish266

Selection process

Hi,
I got invited to do the online assessment yesterday. I did the 5 tests today.
Any ideas on how long before the next step? Will it be the sim?
Initially the "screening was supposed to take...
Forum: Middle East
29th May 2015, 04:57
Replies: 10,198
Views: 6,724,397
Posted By swish266

How long is the wait for interview presently?

Hi,
I applied for DEC/NTR mid-March.
I did the PSA in the beginning of April.
Since I submitted my PSA - no word.
I understand from the forums and some paid gauge sites that QR are mostly doing...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th May 2015, 07:48
Replies: 1,158
Views: 1,169,178
Posted By swish266

Paying Tax

Hi Guys
If you are based in LGW and you commute, will you be able to pay tax elsewhere or Norwegian deduct UK tax automatically for LGW pilots?

:ok:
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Oct 2013, 19:13
Replies: 219
Views: 121,748
Posted By swish266

Pilots Vote With Their Feet

You all guys can fish out what I wrote in this an the other Wizz thread since I applied for the job in late 2009.
I still love it! 3 years and something.
In my 25+ years career I have never been...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Oct 2013, 09:29
Replies: 219
Views: 121,748
Posted By swish266

to Wizzkid

Shame man. You can call crewsched and ask for STUDY days (2/month) if you have any upcoming online tests!
They count as duty!
:cool:
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2013, 15:33
Replies: 992
Views: 1,012,268
Posted By swish266

Birdstike my a-s

Forget the birds!
If it happened 8-9 minutes after t/o, the a/c should have just reached FL100 and started acceleration. London TMA ATC procedures keep you lower than normal elsewhere.
Can't...
Forum: French Forum
25th Mar 2013, 18:15
Replies: 0
Views: 1,723
Posted By swish266

Signez pour aider le monde à connaître la vérité sur l'accident aérien du vol Helios

Cette pétition a pour but de sensibiliser l'industrie aérienne, les professionnels du transport, et le public en général ,face à la grande injustice causée par le rapport d'incident grec erroné , et...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Feb 2013, 13:47
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Please do not drift away from the topic!

Dear All,
Let me put one thing clear:
This thread is supposed to be about the court case, do not go into the pressurization issue again (discussed at length here and elsewhere).
The essence is...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Dec 2012, 03:40
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Cyprus Mail link

Hi everyb!
I would like to post the link to the letter by the wife of Mr. Stoimenov again:

Why is new evidence in the Helios crash being ignored? - Cyprus Mail...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Sep 2012, 11:43
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Thanks Mr. Learmount

IN FOCUS: The criminalisation of air accidents threatens safety management philosophy...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Aug 2012, 15:19
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

It has. Alan Irwin, the Helios engineer and a...

It has.
Alan Irwin, the Helios engineer and a UK citizen, is also a target of the Greek and Cypriot courts...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Aug 2012, 15:02
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

excerpts of Mr Stoimenov's intervew on bTV

This is an unofficial translation of the interview of the ex-Helios CP, Captain Yanko Stoimenov shown in prime time on Bulgarian bTV some time ago:


Seven years after the tragedy there are two...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Aug 2012, 12:56
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Finaly some official reaction!!!

The Bulgarian CAA, the Transport investigation board of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Airline Pilot Union have sent an official request to the Greek authorities to reopen the investigation into the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Aug 2012, 19:33
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

a good idea maybe?

It will be nice if a news network officially approaches BTV in Bulgaria for a translated copy and releases it in the UK...
Any journos about?
Mr. Learmont?
:D
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Aug 2012, 19:29
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Mr. Stoimenov, the Helios Air CP, interviewed on BTV, Bulgaria 10/08/12

This is the link to to the video:
??? ? ??????????? ?????, ?????? ?? 123 ?????? ?????? ? ?????? - bTV ????????...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
11th Jul 2012, 18:31
Replies: 219
Views: 121,748
Posted By swish266

Wizz has something for everybody

It's been almost 2 years since I pulled the plug on my 15 year expat career to join Wizz at home.
I enjoy it 100%!
Average salary after tax (Captain) is 4500 EUR for 22-24 sectors (guess my base)....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th May 2012, 09:07
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Idependent Canadian ivestigation finding

The following is a quotation from the AIR's report.
Anybody willing to have the report, pls PM me and I will send it to you.
It is a further proof that the farce of a trial in Greece was concocted...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th May 2012, 12:41
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

Greek Judiciary workings

Just a nasty little detail from the hearings in Athens.
The Prosecution there has used most of the Greek aviation specialists who participated in the investigation and the writing of the report, as...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd May 2012, 08:44
Replies: 427
Views: 202,453
Posted By swish266

scapegoats

Hi everybody,
Just to put some clarification, as the thread is drifting more towards protecting Irwin.
The other 3 defendants should not be prosecuted as well. The dangerous precedent that this...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2012, 09:54
Replies: 104
Views: 38,684
Posted By swish266

Not with this SH Orban in charge there, and all...

Not with this SH Orban in charge there, and all the red tape...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2012, 09:29
Replies: 104
Views: 38,684
Posted By swish266

Wizz Air stands revenged

The stoppage comes after the airline was ordered by the European Commission last month to repay millions of dollars worth of state aid received between 2007 and 2010.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Aug 2011, 12:01
Replies: 168
Views: 74,316
Posted By swish266

Turnover my a-s

Specific bases only.

On the other hand is the following example:
BUD - waiting list for Captains' transfer,
SOF - 1 Captain lost in 4 years.

But the likes of BBU and KTW - no need to blame...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2011, 11:02
Replies: 38
Views: 8,844
Posted By swish266

Hackers do networks all the time. Even the...

Hackers do networks all the time. Even the Pentagon was not spared.
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2011, 10:25
Replies: 38
Views: 8,844
Posted By swish266

Updates

Our preflight includes updating the onboard laptops via USB stick, loaded at ops.
Looks like UA don't mind paying top buck for secure access to all its info, sensitive or not...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Aug 2011, 15:43
Replies: 38
Views: 8,844
Posted By swish266

Updates

Guess updating them iPads will be a huge hassle w/o an USB port.
Or maybe Ole Steve will do a Limited edition for United...
:ugh:
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Jun 2011, 07:06
Replies: 168
Views: 74,316
Posted By swish266

locals versus expats

I truly believe that any employer, that is permitted to do so, will hire some expats and some locals, this way they stand less chance of getting into trouble.
Expat pilots are notorious for bending...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th Jun 2011, 19:29
Replies: 168
Views: 74,316
Posted By swish266

Wizz and Expats

Hi everyb,
I support Narrow Rw's post 100%.
I came back to work in my country for Wizz after 15 years of expat wide-body flying.
I cannot be happier. Of course I took 60% pay cut from my previous...
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